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Alma mater
  
Columbia University

Occupation
  
actor, writer


Years active
  
c. 1945 – 2010

Name
  
Roger Newman

Full Name
  
Roger Stuart Newman

Born
  
31 August 1940 (
1940-08-31
)
London England

Died
  
4 March 2010(2010-03-04) (aged 69) New York City, New York

Citizenship
  
United States (naturalized 1968)

Known for
  
Ken Norris on the Guiding Light and Passions

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Roger Newman (31 August 1940 – 4 March 2010) was a British born-American soap opera actor and writer. He was born in London, England, and died in New York City, New York.

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Newman began his career as a child in radio. He moved with his family to Montréal after World War II, and he eventually settled in the United States. He served in the US Army and attended Columbia University.

His credits included Guiding Light, where he met his wife, the actor and writer Frances Myers. He also had a short role as Joe on The Edge of Night. He was a member of a team of writers who received an Emmy Award in 1993 for "The Guiding Light."

Positions held

The Edge of Night

  • Actor: 1967
  • Guiding Light

  • Actor: April 20, 1970 – October 30, 1972; February 26, 1973 – April 25, 1975; September 1, 1998 – February 22, 1999
  • Script Writer: 1992 – 1999
  • Another World

  • Script Writer: 1983 – 1988
  • One Life to Live

  • Script Writer: 1991 – 1992
  • Passions

  • Script Writer: 1999 – 2004
  • Awards and nominations

    Daytime Emmy Awards

    WINS

  • (1993; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
  • NOMINATIONS

  • (1985 & 1989; Best Writing; Another World)
  • (1999; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
  • (2001, 2002 & 2003; Best Writing; Passions)
  • Writers Guild of America Award

    WINS

  • (1993 season; One Life to Live)
  • NOMINATIONS

  • (1995, 1996, 1998 & 1999 seasons; Guiding Light)
  • (2001 seasons; Passions)
  • Filmography

    Writer
    -
    Passions (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2002) (written by - 1 episode, 2002)
    - Episode #1.812 (2002) - (written by)
    - Episode #1.640 (2002) - (writer)
    - Episode #1.638 (2002) - (writer)
    -
    Guiding Light (TV Series) (35 episodes, 1993 - 1998) (writer - 14 episodes, 1992 - 1999) (breakdown writer - 5 episodes, 1992) (script writer - 1 episode, 1992)
    1991
    One Life to Live (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
    - Episode #1.6042 (1992) - (writer)
    - Episode dated 5 November 1991 (1991) - (writer)
    - Episode dated 11 July 1991 (1991) - (writer)
    -
    Another World (TV Series) (69 episodes, 1984 - 1990) (writer - 44 episodes, 1983 - 1990) (associate head writer - 1 episode, 1987)
    - Felicia & Mitch's wedding day. (1988)
    Actor
    1971
    Guiding Light (TV Series) as
    Josh Lewis / Ken Norris
    - Episode dated 25 February 1997 (1997) - Josh Lewis
    - Episode dated 13 June 1990 (1990) - Josh Lewis
    - Episode dated 7 June 1990 (1990) - Josh Lewis
    - Episode dated 28 July 1988 (1988) - Josh Lewis
    - Episode dated 3 August 1971 (1971) - Ken Norris
    1983
    My Therapist as
    Alex Garner
    1983
    T.J. Hooker (TV Series) as
    Doctor
    - Lady in Blue (1983) - Doctor
    1982
    Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV Series) as
    Edward Ridley-Jones
    - Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) - Edward Ridley-Jones
    1977
    Lou Grant (TV Series) as
    Hollingsworth / Mr. Baylo
    - Boomerang (1981) - Hollingsworth
    - Judge (1977) - Mr. Baylo
    1978
    Coma as
    Surgical Residents
    1977
    Annie Hall as
    Lacey Party Guest
    1977
    McCloud (TV Series) as
    Rothwell
    - London Bridges (1977) - Rothwell
    1970
    Too Late the Hero as
    Pvt. Riddle
    1970
    CBS Playhouse (TV Series)
    - The Day Before Sunday (1970)
    1969
    Marlowe as
    Orrin Quest
    1968
    Premiere (TV Series) as
    Wasserman
    - Operation Greasepaint (1968) - Wasserman
    1967
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) as
    Phillips
    - The Survival School Affair (1967) - Phillips
    1967
    Johnny Belinda (TV Movie) as
    McGuiggan
    1956
    The Edge of Night (TV Series) as
    Joe (1967)

    References

    Roger Newman Wikipedia